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Contouring for every face shape

Gone are the days when the steps of pretty makeup base was just applying foundation, dabbing powder over the full of the face.

Now, almost all of us are more than convinced about the importance of highlighting and contouring. It can hide your flaws, bring out your best features, slim your face and jowls, streamline a strong nose, soften a square jaw and even offer an instant eye-lift.

The basic technique is as simple as,

Add light to the center of the face: Draw the eye to the center of the face by creating an inverted triangle of light with a shimmer-free concealer or cream foundation.

Take a light-colored highlighter and uses it on the bits of the face you want to draw attention to.

The areas we want to minimize, like the side of the cheeks, jaw, nose, and the base of the chin are shaded with a darker foundation or safely a matte bronzer.

Then use a suitable brush to blend together the dark and light streaks.

But hold on.. How does a person know which exact part of her face needs to draw attention and what really needs to be downplayed?! To most of us, contouring is the most confusing beauty technique of all time. We watch so many YouTube tutorials but still when it comes to practicing on our own face, we are lost!

The answer to this lies majorly on your face shape.Every face is different, which means the method can vary with each application!Confused? Please don’t be, start with knowing what your face shape is. Rest is all in this post.

Now comes the ultimate guide to contour and highlight according to your face shape!

Thumb rule: Your contouring color should be around two shades darker than your natural skin tone; any more will look too dramatic. Likewise, your highlighting shade should be two shades lighter than your skin tone.